Hello there,

You might wonder what gears/equipment I use to produce music, and thus this article I wrote is to explain my creative process. Grab a coffee cause we’re in for some ride.

First thing first, guitars. I own a 7 string baritone guitar by Agile, the exact model is Agile Septor 727. I must say love this guitar, especially it’s neck-thru body. I’ve sent it to a Luthier to have it pro-setup, meaning lowering it’s action for easy shredding. I also made other adjustments like upgraded to Bareknuckle Ragnarok Pickups (It djent’s hard!) and also added a cat fret inlays for aesthetics purposes. I use this guitar mainly for droptuned songs and heavy riffings.

Second guitar I own is the cheapest Kaysen 6 string guitar I found on Shopee (Shopee is a e-commerce shop). The purpose I bought it is to learn how to be a luthier, doing setup on my own, filing the nut and all that. There’s no risk of doing it wrong, since I could throw it away if I messed up!

Third guitar I own is a NK 6 string headless guitar. I wanted a Strandberg but I couldn’t afford it (duh~), so NK guitars was the best cheapest alternative. It’s cost-effective and the construction and hardware aren’t that bad. The string actions are already low, I don’t need to send it for setup, and it shreds! I might upgrade the pickups one day. So I mainly use this guitar for soloing and standard tuning songs. (Soloing and string bending is really difficult to do on a baritone guitar, that’s why I bought this standard scale guitar, my small hands appreciates it~).

For the bass I’m using a 5 string Warwick Rockband $$ Corvette bass guitar. It’s the cheapest bass released by Warwick I believe, as it’s made in China. I really want a higher-end bass when I have the money. :3c As for all the songs I recorded currently is using that bass.

Okay next question is, what do I record the guitars through? I don’t have a real amp since I live in an apartment and might receive noise complaints. Therefore I’m using amp modelers, to be specific it’s the Avid Eleven Rack, as it’s the cheaper alternative to an Axe-FX (really coping hard here). It has all the effects, amp sims and cab sims, so I don’t need to buy any effect Pedals :D. It also acts as a Audio Interface, so my signal chain is just my guitar goes directly into the Eleven Rack and into my PC.

As for the DAW I’m using Reaper. It’s free built-in plugins are good, and it’s also free to use. I’ll buy the license when I have enough money, I promise ><. It has all the plugins you need for Mixing and Mastering really, such as EQ, Compression, Reverb, Delay, Limiter, etc.

I don’t play drums, so I’m using a software or VSTi. The Steven Slate drums is a free plugin, I just write so midi on the piano roll and it makes drums sound hurray! For orchestra sounds I’m using the BBC Symphony Orchestra by Spitfire Audio which is also free. I love these free goodies, I’ll buy their products when I make a living from my music ><

And that’s it. That’s all I need to produce my songs. Leave a comment if you have any questions. Thank you for reading.